Category Archives: Fishing Reports

My spring season on the Roanoke is officially over, and I’m glad to be home. The 2019 Roanoke River striper season (lower and upper) was one of the most consistent seasons I’ve ever had.  I started fishing the lower end … Continue reading →

This past week in Weldon was another good week but definitely not quite as good as the previous two.  Last Saturday (May 4) the water started stepping down about 1500 cfs each day, resulting in 6500 cfs flows last Tuesday … Continue reading →

This past week has been just every other week in Weldon this season……..really good.  Most 1/2 day trips have yielded 50-150 fish.  Flows have been steady all week at 13k and this past Saturday, the Corps started stepping them down … Continue reading →

I know I sound like a broken record, but this past week has been nothing short of spectacular…lots of red hot fishing and great memories made.  We’ve had many many triple digit half day trips and most all of them … Continue reading →

I want to apologize in advance for the lack of reports.  I’ve been on the water most days from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.  I barely have time to eat, much less get on the computer and formulate a decent … Continue reading →

Shad fishing has been excellent all week.  We’ve stayed on the Tar this year and had really good success.  I have a hard time with never making it to Weldon this year for shad season; however, due to all the … Continue reading →

This week has been all about the shad.  This week and next will be mostly shad before I start in Weldon on April 8.  The striper bite on the lower Roanoke has still been good.  For the shad fishing this … Continue reading →

I chose this topic out of a request I received via email.  If any readers have any specific requests, I’ll be happy to address them each Tuesday.  Tech Tuesday is not limited to tackle.  It can cover an wide variety … Continue reading →

This past week has been full of adventures.  We’ve been mostly still striper fishing on the lower Roanoke with some shad fishing in the mix.  The river has been dropping slowly all week and the fishing has been good.  We’ve … Continue reading →

This post is going to be a lot like last Thursday’s.  Last week was really good fishing.  Dominion and the Corps have been stepping the flows down all last week from 35K to about 20K now.  I have seen where … Continue reading →